The “Planetary Systems” team at IA focuses its activities around two major branches: Exoplanet research and Solar System atmospheres.
All this research is supported by our strong leading participation in a number of international projects and collaborations, including ESO and ESA projects and missions.
For the next 5 years, project FIERCE, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researcher Nuno Cardoso Santos, will develop new data analysis methods, to model and characterize,... read more ❯
A team of researchers of the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) analysed observations of the atmosphere of Solar System planets, together with a simulator of chemical abundances,... read more ❯
IA planetary systems group is organizing the 2nd of the bi-yearly Planetary Systems Day. The day will feature presentations of planetary research works being done by the team and external collaborators.
IA planetary systems group organizes the 1st of the bi-yearly Planetary Systems Day. The day features presentations of planetary research works being done by the team and external collaborators.
NIRPS (Near Infra-Red Planet Searcher) is a new high resolution spectrograph for the ESO-3.6m telescope in La Silla Observatory (Chile). It covers the
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ARIEL, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, is a space mission that will study what exoplanets are made of, how they formed and
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